Born with the soul of an immortal, this man had been standing at the finish line since birth.
Lu Yan had a father who was the highest-ranking minister in the court, a beautiful mother from a military family, an uncle who was the most powerful official in the dynasty, a reclusive master, a childhood sweetheart who was the empress's beloved eldest princess, a cousin who was an imperial prince reincarnated from the Ziwei Star, and a "poor little" bodyguard who was secretly the youngest son of the Western Regions' demon cult leader, whose cult had been wiped out by the court...
In other words, by the age of six, he already had everything most people spent their whole lives striving for.
The world was vast, and he could go anywhere.
If he got tired of the mortal realm, he could crack open his head and ascend on the spot, becoming an immortal and going to see the sights in the fabled celestial realm.
His most common worries were keeping in shape and preventing his cousin, who had been "given the male lead's script," his childhood sweetheart, who had been "given the female lead's script," and his little bodyguard, who had been "given the revenge script," from fighting each other.
Then his father, unable to bear his habit of spending all day stirring up trouble, sent him deep into the mountains to cultivate under his master.
By the time he finally escaped his master's clutches and returned to the capital, everything around him had changed.
Somehow, he'd become the male lead in all their stories!
A quick note: The male lead is a bit of a heartthrob.
Theme: Don't worry about what others think. Be brave and be yourself.